Family of Jomen Blanket calls for action to end mental health crisis in WA prisons
“I am still heartbroken about the death of my son [in WA Prisons]. I don’t want any mother to have to go through what I have had to bear” – mother of Jomen Blanket.
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Culturally safe care in WA Prisons could have saved Stanley Inman’s life
A coroner has accepted expert opinion that the life of Stanley Inman Jnr could have been saved if there had been culturally safe care at Acacia Prison.
Mental health in prisons to be scrutinised in inquest into death of Stanley Inman Jnr
A spate of suicides in WA’s Acacia Prison will be highlighted this week, as the WA Coroner examines the death of Stanley Inman Jnr.
Explainer: what is the WA High-Risk Serious Offenders Act?
In this explainer, we take a look at the impact of the High-Risk Serious Offenders Act on Indigenous people in Western Australia.
Coroner finds death of First Nations man in prison preventable
Mr Yeeda, was a 19 year-old First Nations man who died of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) at the West Kimberley Regional Prison.
Case File: Coronial inquest into the death of Mr Yeeda
On 3 May 2018, Mr Yeeda, a 19-year-old Aboriginal man, died at the West Kimberly Regional Prison whilst serving a 14-month custodial term of imprisonment.
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